UNIVERSITY    OF    CALIFORNIA     AGRICULTURAL    EXPERIMENT  STATION 

~~.  .  -~-    ^.r-     .«»»*•«»•..*..__  BENJ.    IDE   WHEELER,   President 

COLLEGE   OF  AGR  CULTURE 

THOMAS    FORSYTH    HUNT,   Deanand  D.rector 

BERKELEY  h.  e.  van  norman,  vice-directoh  and  dean 

University  Farm  School 


CIRCULAR  No.  201 

June,  1918 


HELPFUL  HINTS  TO  HOG  RAISERS 

By  C.  M.  VESTAL 


The  swine  industry  of  the  Pacific  Coast  states  recently  rose  to  the 
most  secure  position  in  its  history,  when  by  an  agreement  the  United 
States  Food  Administration  and  the  packers  stabilized  the  prices  of 
market  hogs.    The  agreement  reads  as  follows : 

The  food  administration  deems  it  imperative  that  steps  be  taken  to  increase 
hog  production  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  In  order  that  producers  may  have  confidence 
that  pigs  farrowed  this  spring  may  be  marketed  at  a  fair  price,  the  administration 
hereby  adopts  the  following  minimum  policy  for  the  period  during  which  similar 
minimums  are  in  force  in  the  Middle  West;  the  average  price  of  packing  hogs 
bought  by  packers  at  the  terminal  points  of  San  Francisco,  Los  Angeles,  Portland, 
Oakland,  San  Diego,  Seattle,  South  San  Francisco,  Spokane  and  Sacramento  will 
not  be  less  than  1  cent  under  the  food  administration  minimum  effective 
on  the  Chicago  market  (such  Chicago  minimum  now  $15.50  per  hundred).  Any 
packer  may  make  it  a  condition  for  the  maintenance  of  the  minimum  that  he 
shall  charge  any  loss  through  condemnation  by  Federal  or  municipal  inspection 
to  the  raiser  or  shipper. 

Among  the  packers  who  signed  the  agreement  are:  Western  Meat  Company, 
San  Francisco;  Cudahy  Packing  Company,  Los  Angeles;  Eoth-Blum  Packing  Com- 
pany, San  Francisco;  C.  Swanton  &  Son,  Sacramento;  Armour  &  Co.,  Spokane; 
Union  Meat  Company,  Portland;  Universal  Packing  Company,  Fresno;  Chas.  S. 
Hardy  Packing  Company,  San  Diego;  Hauser  Packing  Company,  Los  Angeles; 
Oakland  Meat  Company,  Oakland ;  Miller  &  Lux,  Inc.,  San  Francisco ;  Wilson  & 
Co.,  Los  Angeles;  South  San  Francisco  Packing  Co.,  South  San  Francisco;  Moran 
&  Co.,  San  Francisco. 

The  present  urgent  demand  for  increased  pork  production  and 
the  assurance  of  good  prices  will  cause  increased  effort  on  the  part 
of  the  regular  producers  and  will  bring  into  the  business  many  who 
have  had  little  or  no  experience  in  raising  and  marketing  hogs. 

Therefore,  a  few  pointers  are  here  suggested  for  the  purpose  of 
stimulating  interest  and  giving  aid  to  those  engaged  in  the  business. 


ON    FEEDING,    CARE   AND    MANAGEMENT 

Little  capital  is  required  to  produce  a  few  hogs  and  the  profit 
comes  quickly. 

There  fa  a  place  on  every  farm  for  at  least  one  sow  and  her  pigs, 
because  there  is  waste  feed  that  they  will  consume.  Preventing  waste 
and  producing  pork  is  doing  double  service. 

Careful  Management  and  feeding  of  brood  sows  and  pigs  is  the 
way  in  which  the  wise  hog  grower  doubles  his  chances  of  a  good  profit 
in  finished  hogs. 

Hogs  are  good  scavengers  but  don't  force  them  to  prove  it.  Give 
them  a  chance  to  prove  it. 

Raise  two  crops  of  pigs  a  year.  It  is  a  common  practice  in  eastern 
and  central  states.  California  conditions  are  more  favorable  than 
those  of  the  east  for  this  practice. 

Use  the  best  boar  that  you  can  secure. 

Have  the  sows  in  gaining  condition  but  not  fat  at  breeding  time. 

Feed  the  pregnant  sows  well  but  don't  get  them  too  fat.  Liberal 
feeding  of  alfalfa  hajr,  alfalfa  meal,  or  wheat  bran,  with  some  grain, 
helps  to  prevent  over-fatness,  furnishes  protein,  saves  grain,  and 
keeps  the  bowels  in  good  condition. 

Plenty  of  exercise  helps  to  prevent  excessive  fatness  in  brood  sows, 
keeps  the  boar  in  good  condition,  and  assures  good  growth  in  well-fed 
pigs.  Arrange  pens,  feed  troughs,  and  sleeping  quarters  so  that 
some  exercise  must  be  taken.  Hogs  on  pasture  usually  get  plenty  of 
exercise. 

Provide  clean,  comfortable  quarters  for  the  brood  sow,  especially 
at  farrowing  time.  Individual  houses  are  cheap  and  handy  to  move 
about.  (If  you  want  plans  write  to  the  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station,  Berkeley,  California.) 

Arrange  to  have  the  sows  farrow  early.  The  early  pigs  usually 
have  the  advantage  of  a  better  market. 

Give  sows  that  are  suckling  pigs  plenty  of  milk-producing  feed. 
The  cheapest  gains  are  made  by  young  pigs. 

Feeder  pigs  can  usually  be  raised  cheaper  than  they  can  be  bought. 

Make  a  creep  or  separate  pen  for  the  pigs  that  are  about  three 
weeks  old.  They  are  then  ready  to  eat  some  solid  feed.  A  mixture 
of  ground  grain  and  wheat  middlings,  made  into  a  thin  slop  with  skim 


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milk  is  one  of  the  best.  Avoid  barley  hulls,  oat  hulls,  bran  and  rough 
bulky  feeds.  Ground  oats  and  barley  are  good  if  the  hulls  are  sifted 
out.  Do  not  over-feed  but  feed  often,  say  three  times  a  day,  just 
what  they  will  clean  up. 

Save  the  best  gilts  and  breed  them  to  a  good  pure-bred  boar.  This 
is  the  best  method  of  building  up  a  good  producing  herd.  Keep  the 
sows  that  prove  to  be  the  most  profitable  producers. 

Boar  pigs  which  are  intended  for  market  should  be  castrated  while 
they  are  small,  usually  before  weaning.  This  is  the  easiest  way  and 
is  best  for  the  pigs. 

Indian  corn  is  the  best  fattening  grain  for  hogs.  Barley,  milo, 
and  kafir  are  90  to  95  per  cent  as  efficient  as  Indian  corn.  They  all 
need  supplementing  with  a  protein  feed. 

Tankage,  wheat  middlings,  cocoanut  meal,  linseed  meal,  soybeans, 
skim  milk  and  buttermilk  are  some  of  the  best  protein  supplements 
to  use  with  barley,  milo,  corn  and  other  low-protein  grains.  Of  the 
forage  crops,  alfalfa,  clover,  soybeans,  cowpeas,  and  rape  are  the  best 
for  supplying  protein. 

Barley,  wheat,  rye,  milo,  kafir,  and  other  small  grains  should  be 
ground  or  rolled.  Soaking  serves  the  same  purpose  with  barley, 
wheat,  and  rye,  but  is  not  so  good  with  the  sorghum  grains. 

Soaking  ground  grain  is  unnecessary.  Fresh  slops  are  usually 
safer  than  those  which  have  stood  for  some  time,  especially  in  warm 
weather. 

It  doesn't  pay  to  cook  feed  for  hogs.  In  many  cases  the  feeds  are 
made  less  valuable.  Potatoes  and  beans  are,  however,  improved  by 
cooking. 

Pumpkins  may  be  grown  as  an  extra  crop.  They  are  fine  for 
brood  sows  suckling  fall  litters. 

Forage  crops  cheapen  production.  Alfalfa,  clover,  rape,  soybeans, 
wheat,  barley,  and  rye  pastures  are  some  of  the  good  ones.  Alfalfa 
ranks  at  the  top. 

Pasture  crops  give  the  pigs  a  good  start  but  it  takes  grain  to  finish 
them. 

Young  growing  pigs  should  never  be  forced  to  live  on  pasturage 
without  grain.  Give  them  at  least  two  pounds  of  grain  for  each 
100  pounds  body  weight. 

Alfalfa  pasture  saves  from  15  to  20  per  cent  of  the  grain  for 
fattening  hogs.  It  saves  a  great  deal  more  for  brood  sows  and  young 
breeding  stock. 


Feeding  alfalfa  hay  in  racks  is  good  practice  when  the  pasture  is 
gone.  Try  this  for  the  brood  sows.  Fee*  cattle  and  sheep  the  coarse 
stems  left  m  the  racks.    Nothing  is  then  wasted. 

Afalfa  meal  fed  to  breeding  hogs  helps  to  save  high-priced  grain 
Don't  force  them  to  eat  too  much  of  it.  It  is  bulky  and  hard  to  digest. 
One-fourth  to  one-third,  by  weight,  of  the  ration  is  about  right. 

Don't  feed  milk  from  tuberculous  cows.  The  percentage  of  hogs 
condemned  is  twice  as  high  in  California  as  in  eastern  states.  Boil 
the  milk  if  you  are  not  sure.    Help  get  rid  of  the  tuberculous  cows. 

It  requires  five  or  six  pounds  of  skim  milk  to  equal  one  pound 
of  grain  for  hog  feeding.  Whey  is  worth  about  half  as  much  as  skim 
milk.    Buttermilk  not  diluted  is  equal  to  skim  milk. 

Sour  skim  milk  gives  the  same  results  as  sweet  skim  milk  in  hog 
feeding. 

Skim  milk  has  its  highest  feeding  value  when  fed  in  limited  quan- 
tities with  grain  or  mill  feed.  Three  or  four  pounds  of  skim  milk  to 
one  pound  of  grain  is  the  best  proportion  for  shoats.  Four  to  six 
pounds  is  better  for  small  pigs,  as  they  need  more  protein. 

The  hog  is  the  cheapest  producer  of  animal  fat.  Don't  send  him 
to  market  in  thin  condition.    It  doesn't  pay. 

The  most  desirable  market  weights  are  between  200  and  250 
pounds.  Good  hogs  should  be  ready  for  market  at  these  weights  when 
six  to  eight  months  old. 

The  most  profitable  gains  are  made  by  the  young  pigs.  It  pays  to 
give  them  a  chance  to  get  to  market  early. 

A  well-filled  self-feeder  and  a  thrifty  shoat  make  a  combination 
which  is  hard  to  beat  for  quick  returns,  large  profits,  little  labor  and 
diminished  risk. 

Don't  be  afraid  to  turn  a  hungry  pig  to  a  self-feeder.  He  may 
make  a  hog  of  himself,  but  it  won't  hurt  him  if  he  is  intended  for 
market. 

Self-fed  hogs  should  always  have  an  abundance  of  good  drinking 
water  if  best  results  are  desired.  This  rule  applies  to  other  hogs  as 
well. 

Tankage  and  wheat  middlings  are  the  best  protein  feeds  to  use 
with  the  grains  in  a  self-feeder.  Cocoanut  meal  may  also  be  used 
with  success  but  it  is  not  so  palatable  as  the  other  feeds. 

Self-feeding  breeding  hogs  is  not  a  good  practice  unless  the  feed 
is  made  bulky  enough  to   insure   a  limited  consumption   of  grain. 


Alfalfa  meal  may  be  mixed  with  grain  for  this  purpose,  but  it  usually 
does  not  work  well  in  a  self-feeder. 

Good  thrifty  pigs  weighing  from  fifty  to  seventy-five  pounds  may 
be  made  ready  for  market  in  ninety  or  one  hundred  days  if  fed  the 
self-feeder  way. 

Salt  should  be  either  available  at  all  times  or  given  once  or  twice 
a  week.    Feeding  salt  with  the  charcoal  mixture  is  a  good  plan. 

ON    DISEASES    AND    PARASITES    AND   THEIR    CONTROL 

Eliminate  the  lice.  Lousy  hogs  waste  valuable  feed.  Crude  oil 
applied  to  the  backs  of  the  hogs  with  a  brush  will  kill  the  lice.  Dipping 
or  spraying  with  a  coal-tar  solution  and  repeating  in  eight  or  ten  days 
is  another  method.  (Use  a  good  brand  of  coal-tar  stock  dip.  Direc- 
tions for  making  solutions  are  usually  printed  on  the  containers.  A 
2  per  cent  solution  is  about  right.) 

Keep  the  sleeping  quarters  clean  and  well  disinfected.  Burn  old 
bedding  or  immediately  haul  it  to  some  place  where  the  hogs  cannot 
reach  it.  Spray  quarters  with  a  3  per  cent  coal-tar  solution.  Lime 
is  also  good  if  scattered  about  the  lots  and  pens. 

Keep  lots,  feed  troughs,  and  watering  places  in  sanitary  condition. 

Get  rid  of  intestinal  worms.     The  following  remedies  are  good: 

1.  Turpentine  is  a  common  remedy  and  is  easily  obtained.  Dose, 
one  teaspoonful  for  every  80  or  100  pounds  live  weight.  Give  daily 
in  milk  emulsion  for  three  mornings.  Mornings  are  best  because  the 
digestive  tract  is  nearest  empty  at  that  time.  Follow  with  a  dose  of 
castor  oil. 

2.  Withhold  all  feed  and  water  for  twenty-four  hours,  then  give 
each  pig  one  to  two  ounces  of  castor  oil  to  which  has  been  added  oil 
of  American  wormseed  as  follows :  Pigs  weighing  less  than  50  pounds 
one-half  teaspoonful ;  pigs  weighing  from  50  to  100  pounds  one  tea- 
spoonful;  large  hogs,  two  teaspoonfuls. 

3.  Santonin,  three  to  five  grains,  calomel,  five  to  eight  grains  for 
each  hundred  pounds  of  live  weight.  For  small  pigs  give  the  large 
dose  per  100  pounds.  For  pigs  weighing  100  pounds  or  more,  give 
the  small  dose.  Mix  with  morning  feed.  Better  results  are  secured 
if  a  few  hogs  are  treated  at  a  time,  because  of  a  more  even  distribution 
of  the  drugs. 

Prevent  worms  and  disease  by  keeping  the  hogs  in  a  good  healthy 
condition.     Keeping  their  surroundings  sanitary  is  the  best  method. 


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Conditioners  are  also  beneficial.     A  good  conditioner  may  be  made 

as  follows : 

Charcoal   %  sack  or  1  bushel 

Wood  ashes  %  sack  or  1  bushel 

Salt  8  pounds 

Air-slacked   lime 4  pounds 

Sulphur     4  pounds 

Pulverized  copperas  2  pounds 

Mix  and  put  in  self-feeder.    Allow  the  hogs  free  access  to  the  mixture. 
At  least,  give  the  hogs  charcoal,  ashes,  and  salt. 

If  the  pigs  have  thumps  reduce  their  feed  and  give  them  more 
exercise.    Prevent  thumps  by  plenty  of  exercise  and  careful  feeding. 

When  the  young  pigs  scour,  reduce  the  sow's  feed.  If  they  are 
running  on  grass,  shut  them  up  for  a  few  days.  Keep  the  beds  and 
pens  clean  and  dry.     Let  in  plenty  of  sunshine. 

If  the  sow  is  feverish  give  her  two  or  three  ounces  of  castor  oil.  If 
the  pigs  continue  scouring,  give  them  one  to  two  grains  of  calomel 
followed  with  one-half  ounce  of  castor  oil.  A  few  drops  of  laudanum 
may  be  used  in  acute  cases  of  scours. 

Good  feed,  exercise,  and  sanitary  conditions  constitute  the  right 
mixture  in  preventive  treatment.  Preventive  treatment  is  the  right 
treatment  for  scours. 

Don't  feed  soured  grain  feed  or  let  feed  sour  in  the  troughs.  It 
causes  digestive  disorders  and  scours,  especially  in  small  pigs. 

Vaccinate  against  cholera.  It  may  keep  you  from  losing  faith  in 
the  hog  business.  (For  hog  cholera  serum  and  virus  apply  to  the 
Veterinary  Division,  University  of  California,  Berkeley,  California.) 

GESTATION  CALENDAR  FOR  SOWS* 

Date  of  I>«e  to 

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May   1 "      20  Sept.  3 ' "  23 

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"   11 "   30  "'  13 Jan.  2 

"   16 Sept.  4  "   18 "  7 

"   21 "    9  "   23 "  12 

"   26 "   14  "   28 "  17 

"   31 "   19  Oct.   3 "  22 

June   5 "24  "    8 "  27 

"   10 "   29  "   13 Feb.  1 

"   15 Oct   4  "   18 "  6 

"   20 "    9  "   23 "  11 

"   25 "   14  "       28 "  16 

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"   19 "    8  "   22 "  12 

"   24 "   13  "   27 "  17 

"   29 "   18  "   31 "  21 

ON   LITERATURE  AND   INFORMATION 

Send  your  questions   "about  hogs"  to  the   Animal   Husbandry 
Division,  University  Farm,  Davis,  California. 

The  following  bulletins  and  circulars  are  available  : 

Publications  of  the  California  Agricultural  Experiment  Station : 

"Feeding  and  Management  of  Hogs,"  Circular  151. 

"Hog  Cholera  Prevention  and  Serum  Treatment,' '  Circular  176. 

Write  to  the  Agricultural   Experiment   Station,   Berkeley,   Cali- 
fornia. 

Publications  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture : 

"Swine  Management,''  Farmers'  Bulletin  874. 

"Breeds   of   Swine,"   Farmers'  Bulletin   765. 

"Hog  Houses,"  Farmers'  Bulletin  438. 

"  Self -Feeders  for  Hogs,"  Farmers'  Bulletin  906. 

"Killing  Hogs  and  Curing  Pork,"  Farmers'  Bulletin  913. 

"Castration  of  Pigs,"  Farmers'  Bulletin  780. 

"Tuberculosis  in  Hogs,"  Farmers'  Bulletin  781. 

"Hog  Cholera:  Prevention  and  Treatment,"  Farmers'  Bulletin  834. 

Write  to  the  Division  of  Publications,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, Washington,  D.  C. 

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BULLETINS 

No. 

Enological  Investigations.  274. 
Humus  in  California  Soils. 

The  Loquat.  275. 
Utilization  of  the  Nitrogen  and  Organic 

Matter    in    Septic    and    Imhoff   Tank  276. 

Sludges.  277. 

Deterioration  of  Lumber.  278. 

Irrigation  and   Soil   Conditions   in  the  279. 

Sierra  Nevada  Foothills,  California.  280. 
The  Citricola  Scale. 

New  Dosage  Tables.  281. 
Melaxuma    of    the    Walnut,    "Juglans 

regia."  282. 
Citrus   Diseases   of  Florida   and   Cuba 

Compared  with  Those  of  California.  283. 

Size  Grades  for  Ripe  Olives.  284. 

The  Calibration  of  the  Leakage  Meter.  286. 

Cottony  Rot  of  Lemons  in   California.  288. 
A  Spotting  of  Citrus  Fruits  Due  to  the 

Action  of  Oil  Liberated  from  the  Rind.  290. 
Experiments  with  Stocks  for  Citrus. 
Growing  and  Grafting  Olive  Seedlings.  291. 
A  Comparison  of  Annual  Cropping,  Bi- 
ennial Cropping,  and  Green  Manures  292. 

on  the  Yield  of  Wheat. 

Feeding  Dairy  Calves  in  California.  293. 

Commercial  Fertilizers.  294. 

Preliminary  Report  on  Kearney  Vine-  295. 

yard  Experimental  Drain.  296. 

CIRCULARS 

No. 

Correspondence  Courses  in  Agriculture.  164. 

Increasing  the  Duty  of  Water.  165. 

Grafting  Vinifera  Vineyards. 

Alfalfa   Silage  for  Fattening  Steers.  166. 

Spraying  for  the  Grape  Leaf  Hopper.  167. 

House  Fumigation.  168. 

Insecticide  Formulas. 

The  Control  of  Citrus  Insects.  169. 

Spraying  for  Control  of  Walnut  Aphis.  170. 

County  Farm  Adviser. 

Official  Tests  of  Dairy  Cows.  172. 

Melilotus  Indica.  174. 

Wood  Decay  in  Orchard  Trees.  175. 

The  Silo  in  California  Agriculture. 

The   Generation   of  Hydrocyanic   Acid  176. 
Gas  in  Fumigation  by  Portable  Ma- 
chines.   g  177. 

The  Practical  Application  of  Improved  179. 
Methods  of  Fermentation  in  Califor- 
nia Wineries  during  1913  and  1914.  181. 

Practical  and  Inexpensive  Poultry  Ap- 
pliances. 182. 

Control    of    Grasshoppers    in    Imperial 

Valley.  183. 

Oidium  or  Powdery  Mildew  of  the  Vine.  184. 

Tomato  Growing  in  California.  185. 

"Lungworms." 

Round  Worms  in  Poultry.  186. 

Feeding  and  Management  of  Hogs.  IS^. 

Some  Observations  on  the  Bulk  Hand-  188. 

ling  of  Grain  in  California.  189. 

Announcement  of  the  California  State  191. 

Dairy  Cow  Competition,    1916-18.  192. 

Irrigation   Practice  in   Growing   Small  193. 

Fruits  in  California.  196. 

Bovine  Tuberculosis.  197. 

How  to  Operate  an  Incubator. 

Control  of  the  Pear  Scab.  198. 

Home  and  Farm  Canning.  199. 

Lettuce  Growing  in  California.  200. 

Potatoes  in  California. 

White    Diarrhoea    and    Coccidiosis    of  201. 
Chicks. 


The  Common  Honey  Bee  as  an  Agent 
in  Prune  Pollination. 

The  Cultivation  of  Belladonna  in  Cali 
fornia. 

The  Pomegranate. 

Sudan  Grass. 

Grain  Sorghums. 

Irrigation  of  Rice  in  California. 

Irrigation  of  Alfalfa  in  the  Sacramento 
Valley. 

Control  of  the  Pocket  Gophers  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

Trials  with  California  Silage  Crops  for 
Dairy  Cows. 

The  Olive  Insects  of  California. 

Irrigation  of  Alfalfa  in  Imperial  Valley. 

Commercial  Fertilizers. 

Potash  from  Tule  and  the  Fertilizer 
Value  of  Certain  Marsh  Plants. 

The  June  Drop  of  Washington  Navel 
Oranges. 

The  Common  Honey  Bee  as  an  Agent 
in  Prune  Pollination.      (2nd  report.) 

Green  Manure  Crops  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 

Sweet  Sorghums  for  Forage. 

Bean  Culture  in  California. 

Fire  Protection  for  Grain  Fields. 

Topping  and  Pinching  Vines. 


Small  Fruit  Culture  in  California. 
Fundamentals   of    Sugar    Beefs   under 

California   Conditions. 
The  County  Farm  Bureau. 
Feeding  Stuffs  of  Minor  Importance. 
Spraying  for  the  Control  of  Wild  Morn- 

ing-Glory  within  the  Fog  Belt. 
The  1918  Grain  Crop. 
Fertilizing     California     Soils     for     the 

1918  Crop. 
Wheat  Culture. 
Farm  Drainage  Methods. 
Progress  Report  on  the  Marketing  and 

Distribution  of  Milk. 
Hog     Cholera     Prevention     and     the 

Serum  Treatment. 
Grain  Sorghums. 
Factors   of    Importance   in    Producing 

Milk  of  Low  Bacterial  Count. 
Control     of     the     California     Ground 

Squirrel. 
Extending  the  Area  of  Irrigated  Wheat 

in  California  for  1918. 
Infectious  Abortion  in  Cows. 
A  Flock  of  Sheep  on  the  Farm. 
Beekeeping  for  the  Fruit-Grower  and 

Small  Rancher,  or  Amateur. 
Poultry  on  the  Farm. 
Utilizing  the  Sorghums. 
Lambing  Sheds. 
Winter  Forage  Crops. 
Pruning  the  Seedless  Grapes. 
Cotton  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley. 
A  Study  of  Farm  Labor  in  California. 
Dairy  Calves  for  Veal. 
Suggestions    for   Increasing   Egg   Pro- 
duction in  a  Time  of  High-Feed  Prices. 
Syrup  from  Sweet  Sorghum. 
Onion  Growing  in  California. 
Growing  the   Fall   or   Second   Crop   of 

Potatoes  in  California. 
Helpful  Hints  to  Hog  Raisers. 


